From: alex
Message: 29732
Date: 2004-01-17
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Wordingham"maybe we can find out how Rom. "insula" entered the language in its for,
> <richard.wordingham@...> wrote:
>> In the same position, we have Latin _insula_ > Old French _isle_ >
>> French _île_, English _isle_.
>
> The original form in Old French was _ile_. In the form _isle_, the
> <s> had been reintroduced from Latin! Spanish, Portuguese _isla_
> and Italian _isola_ show the simple development.
>
> Richard.